Hopes for Purification in the Japanese Myth

      On the rites of purification, Izanagi-no-mikoto bored more deities including two dirty deities who had been stained in the land of the dead and three fair deities who have ability to purify defilement of dirty deities. Considering that ratio of two to three, it is conjectured that Izanagi-no-mikoto wished that the power of purification should be superior to that of defiling in his nation. Thus, purification has been significant custom not only for Shintoist but also for the ordinary people in Japan.

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